I leaned as far as I could from the single window in my bedroom; it was always hard to see the sky from the Beje. 1.) BEJE - the name of the ten Boom house in the Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
There it stood now, as I stepped ack into the shop, still tall and gleaming on its concrete block, but shorn now of eminence. 2.) EMINENCE - A position of great distinction or superiority.
I unlocked the street door and stepped into the Barteljorisstraat. 3.) Barteljorisstraat - A street in Haarlem.
How could we have guessed as we sat there - two middle age spinsters and an old man - that in place of memories we were about to be given adventure and anguish, horror and heaven were just around the corner and we did not know it. 4.) Spinsters - an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage. 5.) Anguish - extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony.
Christoffels was the third and only other employe in the shop, a bent, wizened little man who looked older than Father though actually he was ten years younger. 1.) Wizened - Shriveled or dried up; withered
So ragged and woebegone that I'd assumed that he was one of the beggars who had the Beje marked as a sure meal. 2.) Ragged - Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes 3.) Woebegone - sorrowful or sad in appearance
It turned that Christoffels belonged to an almost vanished trade, the itinerant clockmender who trudged on foot throughout the land, regulating and repairing the tall pendulum clocks that were the pride of every Dutch farmhouse. 4.) Itinerant - Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty
He had remained as tattered and threadbare as ever. 5.) Threadbare - Wearing old, shabby clothing
Christoffels was resplendent in a new black suit, new checkered vest, a snowy white shirt, flowered tie, and stiff starched collar. 1.) Resplendent - having a brilliant or splendid appearance 2.) Starched - Stiffened.
"What joy to see you on this - er - auspicious day." 3.) Auspicious - Marked by success; prosperous
I dashed down the stairs, took my coat and my bicycle from inside the alley door, and was wheeling it over the threshold when Betsie's voice reached me, soft but firm. 4.) Threshold - A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill
Across the town square I pedaled, over the canal on the Grote Hout bridge and along the Wagenweg reveling in the thin winter sunshine. 5.) Reveling - to take intense pleasure or satisfaction
SOPHIE:
Usually it was fog in January in Holland, dank, chill, and gray. 1. Dank- unpleasantly moist or damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
Usually it was fog in January, unpleasantly moist and damp, chilly, and gray.
...he was so wall-eyed that you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else... 2. Wall-eyed- having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing.
His eyes had an abnormal amount of white showing, so you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...
For the last ten minutes, wish a heavenly disregard for the precisions of passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been pealing out 7:00 o'clock... 3. Precisions- the state or quality of being precise. 4. Pealing- a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
For the last ten minutes, with a heavenly disregard for the state of precise passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been a loud, prolonged ringing out 7:00 o'clock...
At 7:45 Hans, the apprentice, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper. 5. Apprentice - a person who works for another in order to learn a trade
At 7:45 Hans, the person who was working for him in order to learn the trade, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.
Today I careened onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock. 1. Careened- To rush headlong or carelessly
Today I rushed carelessly onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.
As a dutiful aunt I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally. 2. Dutiful- exhibiting or having a sense of duty
As an aunt exhibiting a sense of duty, I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the personage who had picked it out. 3. Personage- A person of distinction
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the person of distinction who had picked it out.
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous zeal. 4. Zeal- eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of it.
My heart poured out with a rapturous reply, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips. 5. Rapturous- full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
My heart poured out with a reply full of feeling, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
The only known treatment was rest at a sanatorium and that was only for the rich. 1. Sanatorium- a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases
The only known treatment was rest at a hospital for chronic diseases, and that was only for the rich.
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood imperiously before the Beje. 2. Imperiously- domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood in a haughty manner before the Beje.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the ermine collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm. 3. Ermine- having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the white with the black at the tip collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.
A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation. 4. Haphazard- characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
A hollow space under the stairs and some random friendships were not an operation.
But if the telephone was a boon, it was also a fresh risk. 5. Boon- A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock buybacks.
But if the telephone was a benefit for investors, it was also a fresh risk.
Monica - you have a good start. Word choice is good; you have not rewritten the sentences inserting the new definitions so that they makes sense in the sentences. Finish that and you'll be set.
Sophie - great job! Good choice of words and inserting them into the sentences.
You also need a link back to the homework page.
SOPHIE:
Usually it was fog in January in Holland, dank, chill, and gray. 1. Dank- unpleasantly moist or damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
Usually it was fog in January, unpleasantly moist and damp, chilly, and gray.
...he was so wall-eyed that you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else... 2. Wall-eyed-having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing.
His eyes had an abnormal amount of white showing, so you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...
For the last ten minutes, wish a heavenly disregard for the precisions of passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been pealing out 7:00 o'clock... 3. Precisions-the state or quality of being precise. 4. Pealing-a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
For the last ten minutes, with a heavenly disregard for the state of precise passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been a loud, prolonged ringing out 7:00 o'clock...
At 7:45 Hans, the apprentice, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper. 5. Apprentice- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade
At 7:45 Hans, the person who was working for him in order to learn the trade, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.
Today I careened onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock. 1. Careened- To rush headlong or carelessly
Today I rushed carelessly onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.
As a dutiful aunt I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally. 2. Dutiful- exhibiting or having a sense of duty
As an aunt exhibiting a sense of duty, I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the personage who had picked it out. 3. Personage- A person of distinction
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the person of distinction who had picked it out.
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous zeal. 4. Zeal- eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of it.
My heart poured out with a rapturous reply, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips. 5. Rapturous-full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
My heart poured out with a reply full of feeling, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
The only known treatment was rest at a sanatorium and that was only for the rich. 1. Sanatorium-a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases
The only known treatment was rest at a hospital for chronic diseases, and that was only for the rich.
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood imperiously before the Beje. 2. Imperiously- domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood in a haughty manner before the Beje.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the ermine collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm. 3. Ermine-having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the white with the black at the tip collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.
A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation. 4. Haphazard-characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
A hollow space under the stairs and some random friendships were not an operation.
But if the telephone was a boon, it was also a fresh risk. 5. Boon- A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock
MONICA:
I leaned as far as I could from the single window in my bedroom; it was always hard to see the sky from the Beje.
1.) BEJE - the name of the ten Boom house in the Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
There it stood now, as I stepped ack into the shop, still tall and gleaming on its concrete block, but shorn now of eminence.
2.) EMINENCE - A position of great distinction or superiority.
I unlocked the street door and stepped into the Barteljorisstraat.
3.) Barteljorisstraat - A street in Haarlem.
How could we have guessed as we sat there - two middle age spinsters and an old man - that in place of memories we were about to be given adventure and anguish, horror and heaven were just around the corner and we did not know it.
4.) Spinsters - an unmarried woman regarded as being beyond the age of marriage.
5.) Anguish - extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony.
Christoffels was the third and only other employe in the shop, a bent, wizened little man who looked older than Father though actually he was ten years younger.
1.) Wizened - Shriveled or dried up; withered
So ragged and woebegone that I'd assumed that he was one of the beggars who had the Beje marked as a sure meal.
2.) Ragged - Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes
3.) Woebegone - sorrowful or sad in appearance
It turned that Christoffels belonged to an almost vanished trade, the itinerant clockmender who trudged on foot throughout the land, regulating and repairing the tall pendulum clocks that were the pride of every Dutch farmhouse.
4.) Itinerant - Traveling from place to place, especially to perform work or a duty
He had remained as tattered and threadbare as ever.
5.) Threadbare - Wearing old, shabby clothing
Christoffels was resplendent in a new black suit, new checkered vest, a snowy white shirt, flowered tie, and stiff starched collar.
1.) Resplendent - having a brilliant or splendid appearance
2.) Starched - Stiffened.
"What joy to see you on this - er - auspicious day."
3.) Auspicious - Marked by success; prosperous
I dashed down the stairs, took my coat and my bicycle from inside the alley door, and was wheeling it over the threshold when Betsie's voice reached me, soft but firm.
4.) Threshold - A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill
Across the town square I pedaled, over the canal on the Grote Hout bridge and along the Wagenweg reveling in the thin winter sunshine.
5.) Reveling - to take intense pleasure or satisfaction
SOPHIE:
Usually it was fog in January in Holland, dank, chill, and gray.
1. Dank- unpleasantly moist or damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
Usually it was fog in January, unpleasantly moist and damp, chilly, and gray.
...he was so wall-eyed that you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...
2. Wall-eyed- having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing.
His eyes had an abnormal amount of white showing, so you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...
For the last ten minutes, wish a heavenly disregard for the precisions of passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been pealing out 7:00 o'clock...
3. Precisions- the state or quality of being precise.
4. Pealing- a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
For the last ten minutes, with a heavenly disregard for the state of precise passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been a loud, prolonged ringing out 7:00 o'clock...
At 7:45 Hans, the apprentice, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.
5. Apprentice - a person who works for another in order to learn a trade
At 7:45 Hans, the person who was working for him in order to learn the trade, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.
Today I careened onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.
1. Careened- To rush headlong or carelessly
Today I rushed carelessly onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.
As a dutiful aunt I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.
2. Dutiful- exhibiting or having a sense of duty
As an aunt exhibiting a sense of duty, I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the personage who had picked it out.
3. Personage- A person of distinction
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the person of distinction who had picked it out.
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous zeal.
4. Zeal- eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of it.
My heart poured out with a rapturous reply, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
5. Rapturous- full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
My heart poured out with a reply full of feeling, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
The only known treatment was rest at a sanatorium and that was only for the rich.
1. Sanatorium- a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases
The only known treatment was rest at a hospital for chronic diseases, and that was only for the rich.
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood imperiously before the Beje.
2. Imperiously- domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood in a haughty manner before the Beje.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the ermine collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.
3. Ermine- having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the white with the black at the tip collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.
A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation.
4. Haphazard- characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
A hollow space under the stairs and some random friendships were not an operation.
But if the telephone was a boon, it was also a fresh risk.
5. Boon- A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock buybacks.
But if the telephone was a benefit for investors, it was also a fresh risk.
Monica - you have a good start. Word choice is good; you have not rewritten the sentences inserting the new definitions so that they makes sense in the sentences. Finish that and you'll be set.
Sophie - great job! Good choice of words and inserting them into the sentences.
You also need a link back to the homework page.
SOPHIE:
Usually it was fog in January in Holland, dank, chill, and gray.
1. Dank- unpleasantly moist or damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
Usually it was fog in January, unpleasantly moist and damp, chilly, and gray.
...he was so wall-eyed that you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...
2. Wall-eyed- having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing.
His eyes had an abnormal amount of white showing, so you were never sure whether he was looking at you or someone else...
For the last ten minutes, wish a heavenly disregard for the precisions of passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been pealing out 7:00 o'clock...
3. Precisions- the state or quality of being precise.
4. Pealing- a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
For the last ten minutes, with a heavenly disregard for the state of precise passing time, the church bells of Haarlem had been a loud, prolonged ringing out 7:00 o'clock...
At 7:45 Hans, the apprentice, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.
5. Apprentice- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade
At 7:45 Hans, the person who was working for him in order to learn the trade, arrived and at 8:00 Toos, our saleslady-bookkeeper.
Today I careened onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.
1. Careened- To rush headlong or carelessly
Today I rushed carelessly onto the sidewalk and burst through the door with never a knock.
As a dutiful aunt I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.
2. Dutiful- exhibiting or having a sense of duty
As an aunt exhibiting a sense of duty, I tried to love all my nieces and nephews equally.
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the personage who had picked it out.
3. Personage- A person of distinction
A deep-rimmed brown bonnet with a cluster of lavender velvet roses proclaimed in every line the person of distinction who had picked it out.
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous zeal.
4. Zeal- eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something
Tante Jans seized the pot and glared into it with righteous eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of it.
My heart poured out with a rapturous reply, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
5. Rapturous- full of, feeling, or manifesting ecstatic joy or delight.
My heart poured out with a reply full of feeling, but my mouth was still filled with the sticky remains of the bun and it never reached my lips.
The only known treatment was rest at a sanatorium and that was only for the rich.
1. Sanatorium- a hospital for the treatment of chronic diseases
The only known treatment was rest at a hospital for chronic diseases, and that was only for the rich.
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood imperiously before the Beje.
2. Imperiously- domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
But it squealed to a stop, spitting sparks from the rails and wire, when Tante Jans stood in a haughty manner before the Beje.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the ermine collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.
3. Ermine- having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
I took in the hat with the sweeping feather, the white with the black at the tip collar, and the white-gloved hand rested on his arm.
A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation.
4. Haphazard- characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
A hollow space under the stairs and some random friendships were not an operation.
But if the telephone was a boon, it was also a fresh risk.
5. Boon- A general term that refers to a benefit or improvement for investors. This can include such things as increased dividends, a stock market rally and stock